While it has been 3+ years since we last announced an update to SQL Data Sync service, we have been continuously deploying updates to the backend service to address top customer issues. We are listening to your feedback, and today we are happy to announce the latest update which includes both service changes and a…

Many of you have asked us when SQL Data Sync would be made available as part of the Windows Azure portal. Here is the good news: as of last weekend, SQL Data Sync is now live as part of the latest Windows Azure portal updates! Please check out Scott Guthrie’s blog post for cool screenshots…

We are excited to announce that we have just completed the deployment of SQL Data Sync into the East and West US data centers. Now, what does that mean to you? For those who intend to have their sync hubs in the East or West US, you can now provision the Sync Server in the respective regions thus allowing…

During this past weekend, the new Windows Azure portal was officially released. Windows Azure subscribers are now directed to the new portal once they log in. Now, you may have noticed that SQL Data Sync is not in the new Windows Azure portal. Don’t worry, SQL Data Sync still exists. We are working to port SQL Data Sync onto the new portal soon. In the…

We have just released the October service update for SQL Data Sync Preview. In this update, users can now create multiple Sync Servers under a single Windows Azure subscription. With this feature, users intending to create multiple sync groups with sync group hubs in different regions will enjoy performance improvement in data synchronization by provisioning the…

The most recent Service Update for SQL Data Sync Preview has been successfully released to production. In this release, there are 2 major improvements: Enhance overall performance on initial provision and sync tasks Enhance sync performance between on-premise databases and Windows Azure SQL databases Please download the new Agent from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27693

We plan to deploy the next Preview release (SU6) during the week of 8/13. For the release, there will be a new agent. The current client agent (SU5) will expire on 8/31/2012. Please upgrade your agent accordingly. For upgrade steps, please refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh667308

The latest Service Update 5 has just been released! SU5 delivers 2 major features designed to improve sync experience: Sync support for Spatial data type Ability to cancel an on-going sync process SU5 also includes various fixes that provide better usage experience to our customers. To be consist with the rest of Windows Azure services,…

A new service update (SU5) for SQL Data Sync will be deployed from June 6 US PST to June 7 US PST. A new Client Agent (version 4.0.46.0) will be available for download. All prior versions of the Client Agent will need to be upgraded. Please follow the steps below to upgrade the Client Agent. Note: Please…

A new service update (SU4) for SQL Azure Data Sync service is now live! The most noteworthy new feature in SU4 is to allow users to edit existing sync groups to cater for schema changes. For step-by-step guidance on how to edit sync group for different kinds of schema changes, please refer to this post on Windows…